I have bipolar 1, no it isn't hypo/mania all the time. Not at all. I'm depressed and manic about 50/50. The depression is just as low as with bipolar 2. The mania suuuucks!!!! I cannot state that enough. Hypomania might be kinda fun and entertaining but full blown mania is anything but fun. Sure it might be fun for a few days, while still hypo, once it escalates to mania, fun is over. Take into account that alot of people with bipolar 1 also get psychosis that comes with mania, extreme agitation it really can be it's own kind of hell. And if you suffer from dysphoric mania instead or euphoric.. Well that's really quite brutal. I'm sure some people enjoy the mania, but often that isn't quite the case. I think that's more common with hypomania.

Everytime anyone mentions hospitalizing me, it's due to mania not depression. Sorry just wanted to clear that up a bit. One thing you can read about is how hypmania is higher productivity levels and alot of the time with full blown mania productivity is very low, as is functioning. Sorry I just wanted to make it clear that mania doesn't really equal good times, when you read the list of symptoms regarding mania they really fail to paint a clear picture. Never mind dealing with the aftermath.

Original question, for me I expeience depression and mania about half and half, I don't get hypomania except for the build up to acute mania. Takes the fun out of it for me as I know that mania will be following.